Would you go on Winning Streak?

STIG83 · 10-02-2011 08:47PM

Poor Craythur wrote: »

It'd be hard to say no, wouldn't it? A girl I know got on the show after returning from a year in Oz. Cleared her debts. :cool:

Nice one!!, that worked out well for her.
But still the show is so cringeworthy.

STIG83 · 10-02-2011 08:48PM

crispsandwiches wrote: »

its never recovered from the day when mick murphy ran the show. its needs 2 spanner presenters nowadays to push the buttons.

He did a good job on it

Poor Craythur · 10-02-2011 08:49PM

crispsandwiches wrote: »

its never recovered from the day when mick murphy ran the show. its needs 2 spanner presenters nowadays to push the buttons.

STIG83 wrote: »

He did a good job on it

Yeah, it wasn't quite so bad back then.

*removes rose-tinted specs*

temply · 10-02-2011 09:08PM

whenever i've gotten 3 stars and sent it away, have always gave my mother the heads up that if i ever got the chance to appear, that she would.... not in a million years would i go on that show, nor sit in the audience with a banner! would be waaaay too morto

we'llallhavetea_old · 10-02-2011 09:09PM

no way, i'd give it to my parents, they can go on it and gimme a cut of the winnings

Seaneh · 10-02-2011 09:10PM

Of Course I'd do it, 10k, why the feck not?

And if you win a can, you can get the retail price of the car instead.

Happy days.

Larianne · 10-02-2011 09:12PM

Of course. I'd finally get to meet Marty!

orourkeda · 10-02-2011 09:13PM

Poor Craythur wrote: »

I was just thinking about this today. I would never buy scratch-cards but I've had them bought for me during hospital stays and the like. I've won money but never got the three stars.

I hate Winning Streak. The very worst part is how those numpty presenters patronise all the contestants, and even worse, the contestants bend over and take it. And it's just a stupid show otherwise.

But if I sent in the three stars scratch-card and was chosen, I'd be torn because all we all know, everyone comes away with something. But then you'd have to watch your credibility drain away as some perma-tanned idiot condescends to you.

What would you do?

I would actually enjoy getting bent by Kathryn Thomas and it's an added bonus to get paid a substantial prize at the end .

Not saying she has a mickey but She's great and I would gladly let her have her way with me.

Agricola · 10-02-2011 09:14PM

Yeah, Mike had the air of a guy who knew he was too good to be hosting a show like this, but he was just abit of a lazy chancer who liked getting afew handy quid from RTE, so he played along with the whole thing with his tongue in his cheek.
The problem with todays presenters is that they don't have a fraction of mike murphy's charisma and buy into the whole thing abit too much!

squeakyduck · 10-02-2011 09:16PM

money is money. I don't care how its earned. I Would love to spin the wheel!

:rolleyes:

Alter-Ego · 10-02-2011 09:21PM

I'd be too morto to go on. I'd probably send my Ma on and let her keep a few quid, or the holiday if she won one. She loves the holidays!

Poor Craythur · 10-02-2011 09:28PM

Agricola wrote: »

Yeah, Mike had the air of a guy who knew he was too good to be hosting a show like this, but he was just abit of a lazy chancer who liked getting afew handy quid from RTE, so he played along with the whole thing with his tongue in his cheek.

Mark Cagney is that way on Ireland AM, affecting an "I'm too good for this" air. Trouble is, Mark Cagney ISN'T too good for a show like that, he just doesn't realise. Charisma-free zone, that fella.

10-02-2011 09:37PM

Yeah hard one really..............would def like the money but the fact that not only me but my family & friends wud be made to look like a tit on national airwaves is a toughie. Watched the show a few weeks back and the bit recorded from yr own kitchen / living room is really awful.............then break to the family in the garden with play-school signs / waving to the camera....... more than I can handle.

Wibbs · 10-02-2011 09:38PM

Only if I could bend Geri Maye over the tombola. The grannies of Ireland would have heart failure at the sight. I'm sick I am. Sick!

epgc3fyqirnbsx · 10-02-2011 09:48PM

You often win a scratch card if you play the lotto and can get three stars that way.

My aul lady has got three stars quite a few times and put down my name on the ticket. I copped on to her doing this and used to open the envelope before she posted it and pop down my sisters name. She grew wise and now she's putting down my brothers name. The last couple of times this happened the ticket couldn't be sent at all there was that much scribbling on it.

None of us will put down the aul mans name, he'd call Monney a fairy or a f*ckin bollox

zuroph · 10-02-2011 09:49PM

If they call your name I'm going on..

10-02-2011 09:50PM

Wibbs wrote: »

Only if I could bend Geri Maye over the tombola. The grannies of Ireland would have heart failure at the sight. I'm sick I am. Sick!

getting in the mood for v-day? :eek:

DublinWriter · 10-02-2011 09:51PM

Poor Craythur wrote: »

What would you do?

Go nuts and scream "STORM LEINSTER HOUSE NOW! THE REVOLUTION HAS BEGUN!!!" and then embarrassingly realise that it was a taped show as I was escorted outside by RTE security (all two of them).

Shifty11 · 10-02-2011 09:56PM

I've heard rumour that RTE fill the audience up with food and booze before the show is recorded, so they have a great aul time. Can anyone confirm this??

TeaServer · 10-02-2011 10:51PM

I would deffo go on for the free cash. Would have been better if ole jazz-hands Mooney was still there though. He is the king of patronising.

messymess · 10-02-2011 11:01PM

There's not a chance I'd go on winning streak. Give me money, no problem, but I'm not going to jump through their hoops for it !

Asphyxia · 10-02-2011 11:03PM

Hell Yes!

:D:D:D

I want to spin the wheel

10-02-2011 11:14PM

Shifty11 wrote: »

I've heard rumour that RTE fill the audience up with food and booze before the show is recorded, so they have a great aul time. Can anyone confirm this??

They do it before the saturday night show and the late late so probably.

sagat2 · 10-02-2011 11:17PM

I would love to go on the show but unfortunately I wouldn't be able to pass any of the requirements:

Winning Streak Contestant Requirements:

1. Must be born outside of the Pale.
2. Must own or have owned a tractor.
3. Must be willing to apply makeup with a trowel.
4. Must be old enough to remember the great hunger.
5. Must not be over the allowed maximum number of teeth, 4.
6. Must be either bald or have a decidedly bad dye job.
7. Must have purchased a winning card with 3 stars.
8. Must have an unintelligible accent.

Contestants will be randomly chosen each week but against all odds will somehow come from a diverse selection of counties and including "Dream Maker" an equal number of males to females will majestically selected.

Contestants will be humiliated in front of a live audience but due to an inability to comprehend the standard issue D4 RTE accent will be unaware.

mconigol · 10-02-2011 11:18PM

Seaneh wrote: »

Of Course I'd do it, 10k, why the feck not?

And if you win a can, you can get the retail price of the car instead.

Happy days.

Retail price of a car just for winning a can?! :eek:

rainbowtrout · 10-02-2011 11:19PM

It's the bit where they get the contestant/their family friends to act like retards in their home/school/workplace/local shop etc is the worst. If I was going on I don't think any amount of money would make me act like a retard for that section.

padi89 · 10-02-2011 11:19PM

Shifty11 wrote: »

I've heard rumour that RTE fill the audience up with food and booze before the show is recorded, so they have a great aul time. Can anyone confirm this??

My Ma was on it back in the Mike Murphy days. Back then there was loads of finger foods and a few drinks before the recording. I know someone who was on it recently and she said they got no food or drinks there.

Aoifey! · 10-02-2011 11:25PM

Hells yeah I'd go on it. A gew grand for sitting there, playing some poncy games and telling boring stories about your life? Show me the way!

shockwave · 10-02-2011 11:27PM

I wouldnt be seen dead on it, I'd sent the Ma in she'd do anything for a few bob

albeit · 10-02-2011 11:36PM

Everytime I have ever caught a glance of this program, I have asked myself the same question. I never found an answer to it. It is sort of like selling your soul. It is a question that calls for deep inner reflection. That's why they play the angulus everyday, so that people can make their mind up whether they would.

Would you go on Winning Streak?

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